London Wedding Photography

September 1, 2017

London Wedding Photography – Grace & Taylor

I’ve headed this London Wedding Photography as the post encompasses three elements of one wonderful London wedding. We have a few images from Grace’s pre wedding bridal shoot at, as well as photos from the Ham Yard Hotel rehearsal dinner before we hit the big day at Syon House for the main event. All pulled together by one of the best planners in the business, Meghan from Extraordinary Days. Hailing from the US but residing in and enjoying London town, she is perfectly placed to offer support and expertise to folk from across the pond (as well as this side of the water) who tie the knot in blighty.

It was a bit of a privilege to photograph Grace’s bridal shoot as we had the house to ourselves. Along with Molly (from Syon) and Grace’s Mum (bridal elf extraordinaire) we were able to match the beauty of some of the rooms with the serenity and smiles of the bride to be. More brides should do this by the way. Make the most of having a spectacular dress and wear it twice. Once for a photoshoot and once for the big day. On top of that it makes it a better value purchase!

Rehearsal dinner was at the fab Ham Yard in Soho so this gave Grace & Taylor’s guests an opportunity to get into wedding mode the night before. Build the excitement, maybe take a drink or two and generally leave work and any woes at the door. Wedding time was here so jump on the train folks, you are in for a wonderful few days. I’m not sure what time the evening closed but everyone looked fairly spruce the following morning so I would imagine so sense prevailed and beauty sleep won over a late licence.

Starting off with Grace (whilst teamie for the day Jim started with Taylor) and her girlies in Marylebone pre ceremony we just a short hop away from the spectacular St James’s church. As a wedding photographer, it sort of goes with the job that you bear witness to a fair few ceremonies from all faiths, beliefs and pursuasions. Rest assured this one was lovely. I even caught myself listening to some of it in parts! Beautiful music, wonderful priest and a congregation that held on to his every word.

Rally the routemasters was the call post ceremony to ferry the troops West to the fab Syon House for the celebratory parts of the day which culminated in an alfresco first dance with the beautiful conservatory as the back drop followed by the wonderful tradition of bride and Fathers dance. We don’t see this enough. I’m a Father to two daughters and I cannot dance but there is something rather special about that aspect of a wedding. Maybe I am biased but hail the return of this ‘dance’. Lets get Dad dancing put back on the map of a wedding planners spreadsheet.

P.S You may well be thinking Grace’s make up looks good, and rightly so, she was astute and chose one of THE best (and nicest) in the business in the wonderful Kaz Fernando. Always smiling, always twinkling.

BRIDES MUSINGS

"Finding the right wedding photographer was initially a bit of a challenge for us but as soon as we reviewed Jez's unique work online we KNEW that we just had to ask him to be a part of our big day, capturing our happiest moments just like he has successfully done for so many couples previously. His work definitely made me want to hug and personally congratulate each of those couples!! How does he manage to acheive that? Pure magic.

We had absolute faith and confidence in his work because with Jez you get what you see - beautifully captured, perfectly timed and uniquely composed images that can't help but make you smile from ear to ear long after the party is over!"

Emma & Matt - London

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MORE BRIDAL MUSINGS

“Mastery of the camera is a rare skill, but its his mastery that sets him apart from others in his profession. There is no space for ego in the portrayal of reality through the lens of a camera.

His talent is to float through the action, always seeing, never intruding, He is everywhere and nowhere.

We met Jez a few weeks before our big day to talk through plans and gets some pictures done. Amidst all the hard work it was a wonderful excuse to spend some time focussed on each other.

To see our love shine through in Jez’s photos was a happy reminder of what the big day was all about and a hint that we had found a magician.

We saw our photos on our return from honeymoon. I think no couple dares to hope for more than one great pic to treasure. We have dozens. Jez caught moments that we knew at the time were special, but also those we didn’t ~ either becuase we were too wrapped up in our own emotions or simply because his tireless professionalism had taken him places we could not see.

Jez Dickson is a great photographer and a great man, who lives through his work and whose work affirms life”

Mr & Mrs Munghall ~ London

STYLISH LONDON WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY

Wedding Photographers ‘Style’

I've popped this down at the bottom of the page because whilst I believe it may well be relevant and helpful to some, I do not wish to turn into Mr Yeh Yeh Yada Yada when it comes to the finer points of wedding photography styles.

The simple truth is that when looking for someone to photograph your nuptials your choice is validated as correct if you have simply gone for the photographer whose images you love. What 'style' they profess to have is in truth, more likely to be a reference to their manner of shooting rather than the style of their images. The look of their work is what will first attract your eye and the decision to book is backed up by their approach to shooting. I have made reference to my approach as 'style' primarily because it gives you guys a feel for how I will be working on your day. I pretty much leave you alone whilst I get to do my thing and you guys just concentrate on enjoying the biggest party you will ever throw.

I use the very same approach to shooting a wedding as I did when I shot a boxing project recently (link under 'other work). Observe the scene, compose the image in my mind, wait for the moment. And then repeat! Two completely different subject matters, surroundings and levels of beauty! But pretty much identical using a documentary approach (95%)

The WOW reference (5%) for the shots of the two of you requires a tad more interaction between us (as with my hair work - link under 'other work') but not to the point of direction. Its your wedding day folks it, its got to be enjoyable. ALL DAY!

Different approaches mixed together under the guise of being simply a photographer. A good photographer. Get one of those and you will be fine and dandy. Look at Kate Moss, did she ask Mario to shoot her wedding in a documentary style? I doubt it. He is one of the worlds best fashion photographers but I suspect she just said "can you take some photos of my wedding darling?" Because she loves his work and the way he works and she knows he is a bloody good photographer, I am pretty sure she loved what he shot for her. So that would have been that decision validated.

So take a leaf out of Kate's book folks. Book the one you like. Period